Farnham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Farnham
Historical Forms
- Fernham 1086 DB 1201 1263 Ipm 1282 FF 1486 Eton
- 'Fernham by Hanley' 1405 Pat
- Ferneham 1086 1281 Cl c.1333 BMI 1553 Cecil
- Fernaam 1089 Pat 1371
- Vernham 1288 Ass
- Fernaham 1338 Pat
- Fernhaump 1412 FA
- Fern(n)am 1431 1475 Pat
- Farnham 1199 CurR 1261 FF 1280 Ass 1285 Cecil
- Farnham Deverel 1283 Cecil
- 'Farnham by Guss(h)ygge' 1432 Pat
- Farneham 1205 RC 1466 Weld2 1547 AD
- Farnam 1263 Ipm 1408 BMI
- Farenham 1288 Ass
- Gounvyle Farnham 1547 Ct
- Little Farnham 1829 EnclA
- Farham 1261 FF
- Ferham 1288 Ass
- Firnham 1283 Cecil
- Firnham Cary 1362 Pat
- Fyrnham 1324 FF
- Fornham 1314,1399 Cl
Etymology
'Homestead or enclosure where ferns grow', from fearn and hām or hamm , cf. Six. Handley par. infra , Gussage St M. par. supra . This p.n. occurs in several other counties, e.g. Farnham Ess 550, Fernham Brk 371. The affixes -Deverel , -Cary and Gounvyle - are manorial: Elias (de ) Deverel held a fee here in 1261 FF and 1314 Cl, Thomas Cary held the principal manor in 1357 Hutch3 (3 430), and Gounvyle - must be from the family which gave name to the adjacent par. of Tarrant Gunville infra .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Chalk Pit
- Common Drove
- Cross Ways
- Downend Coppice
- Dunspit Lane
- Farnham Common Wd
- Farnham Fm & Farnham Wds
- Furzey Woolly Coppice
- Gore Coppice
- Hand In Hand (P.H.)
- Hookswood Cmn, Hookswood Coppice & Hookswood Fm
- Larmer Tree
- New Town
- Park View Point
- St Lawrence's Church
- Serraud's Fm
- Stone-Way Coppice
- Rectory
- Bussey Stool Lodge
- Hr Beasden Coppice & Lr Beasden Coppice
- Rookery Coppice & Rookery Fm